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Owner: Reading Railroad
Model:BLW 2-8-0Built As:RDG 2011 (2-8-0)
Serial Number:57509Order No:
Frame Number:27X32 cylinders, 61.5" driversBuilt:11/1923
Notes:BLW 11/1923, reblt in 1944, retired 12/1953
Other locos with this serial:  RDG 2011(2-8-0)
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"Railroads Of Pennsylvania," Page 19, 1942
Title:  "Railroads Of Pennsylvania," Page 19, 1942
Description:  Here is page eight of a 22-page article by William Moedinger, Jr., entitled "Railroads Of Pennsylvania." It was published originally in the October 1942 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 19. Partial Caption: "When the Philadelphia & Reading was built in 1838, the 1931-foot Black Rock Tunnel was a major engineering project. The main line crosses to the north bank of the river as it leaves the tunnel, and proceeds upon its way to Reading and the anthracite mining districts around Pottsville and Mahoney City."
Photo Date:  10/1/1942  Upload Date: 10/18/2019 12:36:37 PM
Location:  Reading, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Tunnel,Bridge,Steam
Locomotives:  RDG 2011(2-8-0)
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